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Daily News names Joel Siegel politics editor

ABC News producer Joel Siegel has been named managing editor for politics at New York Daily News, according to an internal staff memo from NYDN editor Colin Myler, obtained by POLITICO.

Siegel worked for the paper for fifteen years, as City Hall bureau chief then senior political correspondent, before joining ABC News in 2003.

"Joel will be known to some of you. He spent 15 years at the paper, including five years as City Hall Bureau Chief and seven years as the Senior Political Correspondent. For the past nine years Joel has been at ABC News as a writer, Senior Editor, Producer and Head Writer on World News and weekend World News, working initially for Peter Jennings and most recently for Diane Sawyer and David Muir," Myler wrote in the memo, obtained by POLITICO.

"I know you will give Joel a warm, News welcome on his return."

Siegel replaces Ian Bishop, who was abruptly fired in July amid reports of disagreements with Myler.